Holiday Sangria Spiced Red Wine Punch

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups water
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 12 cloves
• 12 allspice berries
• 1/2 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
• inch-thick slices fresh ginger, lightly crushed
• 1 orange, zest of, removed with vegetable peeler in 1-inch-wide strips
• 1/2 cup fresh orange juice
• 750 ml full-bodied red wine (syrah)
• orange slice, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 in a medium saucepan, combine the water with the sugar, cinnamon sticks, cloves, allspice berries, fenugreek seeds, crushed ginger and orange zest.
• 2 bring to a boil over moderate heat, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. lower the heat and simmer the syrup for 5 minutes. remove from the heat and let the syrup steep for 25 minutes.
• 3 add the orange juice, then strain the syrup into a medium bowl. wipe out the saucepan, add the red wine and spiced syrup and heat until simmering.
• 4 carefully pour the spiced wine into heatproof glasses, garnish the glasses with orange slices and serve the punch warm.